Spring, Bravery and the Completion of Things
SPRING. Finally! I am excited, and giddy. So many things to celebrate!
I am celebrating most of all the demise of winter. I am throwing a party to this effect tomorrow, something of a Winter’s Wake – so many people are coming, some I haven’t seen for the entirety of the winter – and it will be so nice to see so many friends, new and old – a houseful and then some!
#7 from a series of crow pendants that I am working on called a “Storytelling of Crows”. He is based upon a little crow that sits outside of our house, begging for scraps every morning. He is a cheeky fellow, and loud. Mysterious, and certainly has at least one secret to keep. He demanded that he wear this hat when he was being carved. It’s a stolen hat, really. He stole it from a particular person, but he won’t say exactly who. I’ve got my suspicions…
“1 for sorrow, 2 for mirth, 3 for a wedding, 4 for a birth, 5 for silver, 6 for gold, 7 for a secret that can’t be told…”
May 31st, 2008 at 5:03 pm
OK, my guess is that he stole it from Jack White (well, you did say storyteller=raconteur).
I love this–I haven’t worked in silver but did take a precious metal clay class recently. And it was a lot harder to work with than I had anticipated!